ablepsia

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• ablepsy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, “blindness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βλέπω (blépō, “see”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈblɛp.si.ə/

Noun

ablepsia (uncountable)

1. (medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.

References

• Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, “blindness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βλέπω (blépō, “I see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈble.psi.a/, [aˈbɫɛ.psi.a]

Noun

ablepsia f (genitive ablepsiae); first declension

1. blindness
2. vocative singular of ablepsia

ablepsiā

1. ablative singular of ablepsia

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ablepsia	ablepsiae
genitive	ablepsiae	ablepsiārum
dative	ablepsiae	ablepsiīs
accusative	ablepsiam	ablepsiās
ablative	ablepsiā	ablepsiīs
vocative	ablepsia	ablepsiae

Descendants

• English: ablepsia
• Portuguese: ablepsia

References

• ablepsia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press